Venison Meatballs – Deer Meat Meatballs

Last updated on October 8, 2021. Originally posted on October 8, 2021 By Beth Neels

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Venison Meatballs are an easy, low fat alternative to beef! These Venison Meatballs can be baked, or air fried to make them even healthier!

venison meatballs smothered in sauce with cheese.

If you have been following BCC for any length of time, you will know how much we love our venison! Roughly half of our meat consumption is, in fact, venison.

For this reason, I needed to learn how to, consistently, make tasty dishes with venison. There is a learning curve, no doubt.

But thankfully, I have really succeeded in the journey to create delicious, different venison recipes!

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Venison is much healthier than beef or pork

It is because venison has so little fat, that some dishes with venison benefit from adding a bit of fattier meat to it. These meatballs are one of those cases.

As a general rule of thumb, slow cooked venison recipes do not require extra fat. Faster cooking techniques, (except the loins and tenderloins) require some additional fat content.

Venison has half of the fat of pork or beef. See this article for more information.

This recipe for venison meatballs would work equally well with elk, moose, caribou or antelope, as they all belong to the ungulate family.

What you need

ground venison
ground pork
grated onion
grated garlic
eggs
milk
bread crumbs – fresh or dried will both work to bind the balls together
parsley – fresh or dried
oregano – fresh or dried
thyme – fresh or dried

How to Make Venison / Deer Meatballs

Mix venison and pork
Grate onion directly over meat to capture the juices.
About 2 tablespoons.
Grate garlic too.
whisk eggs in bowl.
Add eggs, breadcrumbs and spices to meat. If making meatballs for Italian sauce, add Parmesan cheese.
Mix gently, but well.
Form into balls. An ice cream scoop or cookie scoop works well to portion meat.
Bake at 350°F 40 minutes, until golden and internal temperature is over 165°F

Venison and pork mixed in bowl. Onion being grated into meat. Grated onion with meat. Garlic being grated into meat. 2 eggs in small bowl. All ingredients added to bowl with meat. Mixed up meatball mixture. Formed meatballs on baking sheet.

The air fryer works amazingly well for meatballs too! I even prefer the meatballs air fried now! They get crispier! See my post for Air Fryer Meatballs.

How to serve them

top a big bowl of spaghetti or you favorite pasta and sauce.
use them for meatball subs with added sauce and melted mozzarella cheese.
make appetizer meatballs with your favorite sauces.

Meal Prep tip: Make a double batch and place in bag and put them in the freezer, before cooking, for an easy dinner another night.

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venison meatballs sprinkled with parsley

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